New Direction for China's Defense Industry

This study examines the current and future capabilities of China's defense industry. It is part of a larger RAND Project Air Force study on Chinese military modernization. The goals of this study are: (1)To assess recent trends in China's 25-year-long effort to reform its defense industry;(2)To analyze the individual strengths and weaknesses of specific defense industrial sectors; (3)To explain variations in performance among different defense industry sectors with a focus on differences in institutional arrangements, incentives and exposure to market forces; and (4)To evaluate the future prospects for China's defense industry, and its ability to contribute to military modernization.Medeiros, Evan is the author of 'New Direction for China's Defense Industry', published 2005 under ISBN 9780833037947 and ISBN 0833037943.